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Sophie?

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greentreez · 16/05/2018 19:22

What do you think of this name?

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Smoliver · 21/05/2018 20:07

Speaking as a Sophie, I like this name and always have done. Never had an issue with it Grin

ellalouise90 · 21/05/2018 18:27

Personally find it quite a boring simple name and it's quite popular if this I what you like though for for it! It could be made more pretty by maybe Sophiana or Sophia?

DailyMailFail101 · 21/05/2018 17:59

It’s fine, don’t love it or hate it, it’s just fine.

SoftBlocks · 21/05/2018 17:57

Lovely. Classic, pretty, a change from Sophia. I would have used it but it doesn’t work with our surname.

Sessy19 · 21/05/2018 17:54

My sister is Sophie.

It’s been in the top ten names in the UK pretty much every year since 1982...

I often wonder why someone wants to name their child after a million others. In every year I was at school, both mine and my sisters names were shared with 5 or so others. Which is fine. Just sadly unimaginative.

dontforgettofloss · 21/05/2018 17:47

Sophie is a lovely name, and not too popular - I work in a primary school, about 250 children, and there's only one Sophie

Mollie85 · 21/05/2018 17:43

I want to love it so much but I was at school with six of them in my year (school year 86 so to the poster thinking it wasn’t a popular 80’s name - it was down south Wink ) and of the six five were absolutely horrible. I actually still remember my 8th birthday when one made me cry by saying that we were poor and I had fleas in my house (because we didn’t have a horse and stable).

Sorry. I digress....
This is baby names, not therapy Grin

Marioki · 20/05/2018 17:45

I think it's lovely and it will age and travel well.

bookworm14 · 19/05/2018 19:45

It’s my DD’s name. Was always my favourite girl’s name since childhood. Yes it’s popular, but it’s classic and timeless, not flash-in-the-pan. I also love that it means ‘wisdom’.

finallychangedmyusername · 19/05/2018 18:50

Absolutely love it. Classic, elegant and I always think of the little Sophie who saves the world in the BFG.

blinkineckmum · 19/05/2018 18:47

It's a bit 'weak' to my ears.

ScaredPAD · 19/05/2018 13:32

Much prefer it to Sophia which I don't like as it's risen as a trend whereas Sophie is more classic.

I might be tempted by something less popular though.

ellav · 19/05/2018 13:28

Love it! Star

angryburd · 19/05/2018 13:28

Yawn.

dillytilly · 19/05/2018 13:26

Beautiful sophisticated name x

Mountainsoutofmolehills · 18/05/2018 10:31

Sophie is a nice name.

She's nice Sophie, not controversial, sweet.
Sophia is sophisticated and elegant. She is Sophie's big sister.

Eastpoint · 18/05/2018 07:06

Although it was a top 5 name my dd was the only one in her year of 110 girls with the name. Jessica was another top 5 name and there was only one Jess too. My younger daughter has a really rare name, only 30 born in England with that name in her year of birth but she’s shortened it to a popular nickname & there are 3 of those.

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 18/05/2018 07:02

Sophie is the perfect name. Simple, elegant, travels well, fabulous meaning. A lot of people agree with me, though, which means there are a lot of Sophies and Sophias (which I personally prefer) about. It got struck off our list for this reason.

YouCantCallMeBetty · 18/05/2018 07:01

Its a sweet name and an added bonus that your baby will have the same name as all those rubber teething giraffes you're likely to be given.

SparklySeashell · 18/05/2018 06:59

I absolutely love it, because I have one too! There are 90 in DD's year at school and she's the only Sophie! Although she's one of 4 at her dance class, but they all quite like that!

Sabistick · 18/05/2018 06:50

A bit overused, like Hannah, ellie or Jessica a few years back, maybe that peak ed , it's not bad in itself, just a bit ordinary.

sonnyboo · 18/05/2018 06:43

It's very popular. I know lots of Sophies.

Dancingmonkey87 · 18/05/2018 05:50

I have a Sophie she’s the only one in her class at school.

Joeybee · 18/05/2018 03:08

LOVE it. It was on my list before I found out I'm having a boy.
Sophie is cute, but also a full, strong name. I like that it is not as popular as Sophia, and I think it'll stand the test of time better.
Only thing that I didn't like about Sophie was the lack of nickname potential.

TurquoiseDress · 18/05/2018 00:28

I do love Sophie although I'd go for Sophia instead, not sure exactly why!

The only thing with Sophie is that it seems to be so popular at the moment eg 3 Sophie's at the nursery!

It is a classic name though